13.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Elwomple · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Elwomple
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Elwomple perform significant amounts of unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This local focus on home duties stands out in a place where other forms of community and care work are less common than in most areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is about the same as the Australian figure but well below the South Australian rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 30.6% of people doing 15 or more hours upay housework weekly, far above the national figure. In contrast, providing unpaid care (6.9%) and caring for children unpaid (20.8%) are both well below state and national levels.
6.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in Elwomple has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Elwomple [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40406/elwomple/topic/community